The Erotics of Consolation: Distance and Desire in the Middle Ages

Catherine E. Léglu (Editor), Stephen J. Milner (Editor)

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Abstract

This collection of essays explores consolation and mourning in the varied, sometimes provocative, readings of Boethius and of Stoic consolation by French, English, Italian and German authors, including Dante, Petrarch, Boccaccio, Machaut, Chaucer, Wyatt and Queen Elizabeth I.
Original languageEnglish
Place of PublicationNew York
PublisherPalgrave Macmillan Ltd
Number of pages249
ISBN (Electronic)9781137097415
ISBN (Print)9781403976192
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 19 May 2008

Publication series

NameThe New Middle Ages
PublisherPalgrave Macmillan

Keywords

  • Dante
  • Late Middle Ages
  • Middle Ages
  • Renaissance
  • sexual behaviour

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